introduction: chronic suppurative otitis media (csom) is considered one of the most common causes of acquired hearing impairment in developing countries. csom is a multifactorial persistent inflammatory disease of the middle ear. a distinct pathophysiologic mechanism linking allergic rhinitis (ar) and csom remains to evolve. the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between a...

Lymphoepithelial cysts of parotid are known to occur in HIV patients. In the present report, lymphoepithelial cyst of parotid was diagnosed in a middle aged immunocompetent patient, along with chronic otitis media. The source of infection and treatment options are summarized.

Chronic suppurative otitis media is typically a persistent disease, insidious in onset, often capable of causing severe destruction and irreversible sequelae, and clinically manifests with deafness and discharge. The existence of chronic suppurative otitis media in prehistoric times has been clearly documented (McKenzie and Brothwell, 1967). These authors also referred to the discovery of chole...

Twenty-nine patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with intracranial complications are reviewed. The complications occurred predominantly in young patients with a mean age of 17 years. The most common complication was brain abscess (n = 20). The others were meningitis (n = 3), subdural abscess (n = 3), perisinus abscess (n = 2) and otitic intracranial hypertension (n = 1). The common pa...